All children in Jamaica have rights. Follow our efforts to raise awareness on ourblog:

On the eve of Universal Children’s Day, November 20, Do Good Jamaica teamed up with UNICEF Jamaica and the Jamaica Gleaner to host a Twitter chat on children’s rights, using the hashtag #dogood4children. Read some of the tweets usingStorify.

On November 20, 1989, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted theConvention on the Rights of the Child. On January 26, 1990, Jamaica signed theConvention on the Rights of the Childand ratified it on May 14, 1991, which made it brinding law in this country. Children’s rights are reflected in theCharter of Fundamental Rights and Freedomand theChild Care and Protection Act.

According to UNICEF, theConvention on the Rights of the Childspells out the basic human rights that every child under age 18 has:

the right to survival;

the right to develop to the fullest;

the right to protection from harmful influences, abuse and exploitation; and